Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa chaired a meeting of the Supreme Military Pension Council. It was attended by National Security Adviser and Royal Guard Commander Lieutenant-General Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa; Interior Minister General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa; Finance and National Economy Minister Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa; BDF Chief of Staff Lt-Gen Theyab bin Saqr Al Nuaimi; National Guard staff director Lt-Gen Shaikh Abdulaziz bin Saud Al Khalifa; Financial and Technical Affairs adviser at the BDF General Command Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa; and National Intelligence Agency president Major-General Bassam Mohammed Khamees Al Maraj .